Haroun and the Sea of Stories: A Novel
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670838047
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838042
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About This Item
By Salman Rushdie, first American edition. Condition fine, minor wear & residue to jacket. In a city so ruinously sad that it has forgotten its own name, a profession storyteller named Rashid lives with his son, Haroun. Rashid is the Shah of Blah, with oceans of notions and the Gift of Gab. But one day, when he opens his mouth, only a terrible squawking sound comes out. This adventure is the story of a father an a son, and of the son's attempt to rescue his father and return to him his Gift of Gab.
Synopsis
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks at these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun.
Reviews
A cute and light-hearted whimsical fantasy adventure. Haroun and his father journey to the Earth's second moon which they must save from the evil Khattam-Shud.
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- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
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- hrnsestrsrshd90
- Title
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories:
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670838047
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838042
- Publisher
- Granta/ Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1990
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- Used Book/ Children's;
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